Hypertext Webster Gateway: "screen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screened}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Screening}.]
1. To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to
separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger;
to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal;
as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
They were encouraged and screened by some who were
in high commands. --Macaulay.
2. To pass, as coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in
order to separate the coarse from the fine, or the
worthless from the valuable; to sift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. [OE. scren, OF. escrein, escran,
F. ['e]cran, of uncertain origin; cf. G. schirm a screen,
OHG. scirm, scerm a protection, shield, or G. schragen a
trestle, a stack of wood, or G. schranne a railing.]
1. Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury,
or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a
shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
Your leavy screens throw down. --Shak.
Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in
matters of danger and envy. --Bacon.
2. (Arch.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain
height for separation and protection, as in a church, to
separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
3. A surface, as that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall,
etc., upon which an image, as a picture, is thrown by a
magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
4. A long, coarse riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving
perforated cylinder, used to separate the coarser from the
finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Screen \Screen\ (skr[=e]n), n. (Cricket)
An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary
opposite a batsman to enable him to see ball better.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
screen
n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected
for viewing [syn: {silver screen}, {projection screen}]
2: something that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had
just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: {blind}]
3: display on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray
tube on which is electronically created [syn: {CRT screen}]
4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something;
"they crouched behind the screen"; "under cover of
darkness" [syn: {cover}, {covert}, {concealment}]
5: protective covering consisting of a metallic netting mounted
in a frame and covering windows or doors (especially for
protection against insects)
6: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or
grading particles [syn: {sieve}]
7: a door that is a screen to keep insects from entering a
building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam
as she left" [syn: {screen door}]
8: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that
serves to divide a space
v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection;
"screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: {test}]
2: examine methodically; test for suitability
3: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: {screen out},
{sieve}, {sort}]
4: project onto a screen for viewing; of films
5: prevent from entering, as of light [syn: {block out}]
6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: {riddle}]
7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: {shield}]
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